Circus sideshow acts for Halloween 2011! We threw these together in a day or two from a few thrifted items and some things around the house (and a lovely lovely 3/4 yard of tiny sequin fabric). We certainly could have taken them to a more extravagent place if we’d had more time- but [...]

The kiddos back in the day as Sally & Moishe.

The kiddos as Sally & Moishe in modern times
(can you believe how much Ginger has changed in one year!?)
Costume season is in full swing for me which means that I am stitching Sally and Moishe in the car everywhere we go, in my bed before sleep, [...]

I know that Halloween is long gone and it’s time for Christmas-ie things, but the accident really screwed up my to-do’s and I am just now getting around to finally doing a proper costume post. So, without further excuses, I present to you the fabulous gnome family costumes.

We chose these costumes because we thought that [...]

Friday. We’d been working on our costumes for about a week and got them to a wearable state (a few hems remain unfinished- notice the strings hanging off the bottom of my dress) and packed up the car and headed for downtown. The businesses along Palafox Street were handing out candy and there were hundreds [...]

The last few weeks before Halloween were crazy for me! I made 7 Moishe costumes- skipping meals, showers, and sleep to send each one out on time. Each one takes about 20 hours to complete. I made my first adult-sized Moishe and I made a set for 4 month-old twin boys. I took some photos [...]

We were working up until the very last moment to get these together! They were pretty simple- as I used patterns for almost everything. Garth did most of his costume by himself! (it’s really not that amazing, hes actually really crafty). Here’s what we did:
Peter Pan. We used a soft cotton [...]

I make costumes. I am used to spending the month of October in my pajamas night and day, eating hot pockets when I remember to eat, and watching too much daytime tv and I sew and sew and sew. This year I have a little helper, Mr. Jack. Trying to stay on [...]

It’s Moishe! I just recently learned that Maurice Sendak, during the adaptation of his book to opera, named the characters Tzippy, Moishe, Bruno, Emile, and Bernard- after relatives. I made my first Moishe costume last year and made more mistakes than I care to remember. This year the process was a wee [...]

It’s been a while since I’ve participated in the photo friday challenges, but this was one that I couldn’t refuse! This is one of my favorite photos. It’s Halloween 2006 and I am dressed as the corpse bride (so much blue skin!), handing out candy at my parents drive thru trick-or-treat.

xo
elle

A month or two ago someone on etsy asked me if I could make a wild thing costume from the Maurice Sendak book, Where the Wild Things Are.  So I did.  It was so much fun!  It’s in my costume shop along with all of the other Sally dresses that have been making the skin [...]